AUBURN — The New Auburn Senior Citizens will host a lobster shore dinner at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at St. Louis Church basement hall. Other choices are fried haddock, fried shrimp, chicken fingers and lobster rolls. The meal is for members only. Tickets may be purchased at the monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 4. […]
auburn maine
Posted inConnections
First Auburn Seniors to meet Sept. 4
AUBURN — The next meeting of the First Auburn Seniors will be held Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the American Legion Hall on Washington Street. The board of directors will meet at 10 a.m. and Sue Patneaude, president, will conduct the 11 a.m. meeting. There will be a basket raffle and, time permitting, bingo will be […]
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
Old Town probation officer with Auburn roots never carried gun, focused on making a difference during 39 years on the job
BANGOR — In his nearly 39 years as a probation officer, Ron Sagner never carried a gun. “It wasn’t required when I started in 1975,” Sagner, 66, of Old Town said shortly before he retired in mid-August. “The attitude then was, if you need to carry one, you weren’t the right person for the job.” […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Animal Tales: Backyard chickens become like part of the family
AUBURN — Emma and Sophie Wood know each chicken. Daisy, after all, is scrappy. Stella likes to wander. Louise is the sweet one. Well, usually. “She also knows when to take control,” said Sophie, 13. Most people probably wouldn’t consider chickens as pets. But the Auburn sisters love their birds. All eight of them. “They’re […]
Posted inbPlus
Brian Erickson: an engineer open to new adventures
Brian Erickson University of Maine, mechanical engineering major, graduated May 2009 Current hometown: Auburn Age: 26 Live at home/rent/buy your own home? I moved back in with my parents this spring after living in Charlottesville, Va., for two years, followed by a year in South Portland. Current job? I just started Aug. 5 as a […]
Posted inbPlus
Elizabeth Mitchell: taking life and career to the West Coast
Elizabeth Mitchell Bates College, art and visual culture major, May 2009 Current hometown: Seattle, Wash. Age: 26 Live at home/rent/buy your own home? Rent Current job? Very currently, as in, for two more weeks, I am coaching sailing at Sail Sand Point on Lake Washington. I had been working in the creative department at L.L.Bean […]
Posted inObituaries
Alfred LaPointe Jr.
1932 – 2013 LEWISTON — Alfred “Fred” LaPointe Jr. of Lewiston passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 30, after an extended illness. He was born on Oct. 15, 1932, in Danville, the son of the late Alfred LaPointe Sr. and Louise (Deschamps) LaPointe. He attended St. Louis Catholic School and St. Dominic Regional High School, […]
Posted inLocal Sports
In the Crease: Silence ending, time for action on NCAA tourney
As if there isn’t enough of a buzz in the area hockey community these days, it’s about to get cranked up another few decibels real soon. It feels as though it’s been years since the NCAA, Bowdoin College, the Maine Sports Commission and the Androscoggin Bank Colisee jointly announced that the 2014 NCAA Division III […]